The Conquerors (2013 film)

The Conquerors (French: Les conquérants) is a 2013 French adventure comedy film directed by Xabi Molia, with stars Mathieu Demy, Denis Podalydès and Christian Crahay, with the director playing a seventh-billed supporting role.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

The Conquerors
Film poster
French Les conquérants
Directed byXabi Molia
Produced byChristie Molia
Written byXabi Molia
StarringMathieu Demy
Denis Podalydès
Christian Crahay
Music byBenjamin Rosier
CinematographyMartin de Chabaneix
Edited bySébastien Sarraillé
Distributed byPyramide Distribution
Release date
  • 25 September 2013 (2013-09-25)
Running time
96 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

The film was exhibited in southwest France on 21 June 2013 at the Contis Film Festival (premiere) and, two months later (24 August) at another film festival, in Gindou. The full release in France was on 25 September, but it continued to be seen at festivals (Belgium's Festival International du Film Francophone de Namur on 1 October and Canada's Cinéfest Sudbury International Film Festival on 15 September 2014.

Plot

Half-brothers Noah and Gilead attend their archeologist father's funeral and, after recounting and comparing each other's misfortunes, become convinced that their misery is caused by a curse upon their father and his descendants resulting from the father's theft of the Holy Grail. Their solution is to embark on a quest for the Grail and return it to the location from which it was disturbed and removed by their father.[8][9][10][11][12]

Cast
gollark: You ARE muted. This IS "ban" evasion.
gollark: I can delete their messages to ensure proper muting.
gollark: OH BEE OH APIOFORMS
gollark: OH BEE
gollark: It's important to redact things if they need redacting.

References
  1. Photographs, posters and other images associated with the 2013 French film The Conquerors
  2. Photographs of The Conquerors cast members
  3. The Conquerors review at Allocine (11 September 2013)
  4. The Conquerors review at Premiere (13 September 2013)
  5. The Conquerors review at Télérama (14 September 2013)
  6. Brands, Sandrine. The Conquerors review at Le Monde, 24 September 2013
  7. Blottière, Mathilde. "Xabi Molia, director of 'Conquerors'", (Télérama, 27 September 2013, updated 2 October 2013)
  8. Geoffroy, Rémi. "'LES CONQUÉRANTS' N'est pas Indiana Jones qui vent…" (ABUS DE CINÉ, 25 September 2013) {in French}
  9. Grégoire, Thibaut. "FIFF 2013 – « Les Conquérants » de Xabi Molia" (Camera Obscura, 1 October 2013) {in French}
  10. Lanlo, Jean-Marie. "Les conquérants ***" (CINÉFILIC, 18 July 2014) {in French}
  11. Brissard, Franck. "Les Conquérants: le test complet du DVD" (CINÉFILIC, 25 March 2014) {in French}
  12. Teddy. "/critique/ LES CONQUÉRANTS" (LE BLOG DU CINEMA, 7 October 2013) {in French}
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